Summer School 2009

'Marks in the ground are never to be taken lightly'

The inspiration for this course will be taken from the land, peeling back layers of time, revealing mysteries and legends. Marks made by ancestors, pathways, tractor tyres, footprints of generations all leave their impact.

'All maps are full of dimensions and distortions'; we will add our own interpretations, using combinations of paper and cloth and hand stitch to acquire a sense of place.

Jenny Bullen is a freelance embroidery tutor who taught C&G Embroidery for many years. At present she is also working as a printmaking tutor and teaches regularly at the Embroiderers' Guild HQ at Hampton Court.

Her work is inspired and informed by themes of landscape, old and worn textiles and an abiding love of stitched textiles. Through drawing, printmaking and stitch she aims to produce work that questions and challenges the use of hand stitch.